18.894, Language: in a Sociogeographic Context

Sat Mar 24 23:26:10 UTC 2007

LINGUIST List: Vol-18-894. Sat Mar 24 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.894, Language: in a Sociogeographic Context

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Date: 24-Mar-2007
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: What is LL-Map? 

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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:23:29
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: What is LL-Map? 

Dear Subscribers,

We'd like to share some information with you about one of our most interesting 
grant projects to date - Language and Location: A Map Annotation Project (LL-MAP). 
This project is designed to integrate language information with data from the 
physical and social sciences by means of a Geographical Information System (GIS). 
The most important part of the project will be a language subsystem, which will 
relate geographical information on the area in which a language is or has been 
spoken to data on resources relevant to the language. Through a link to the 
Multi-Tree project, information on all proposed genetic relationships of the 
languages will also be made available and viewable in a geographic context. 
Ultimately, the system will include ancillary information on topography, political 
boundaries, demographics, climate, vegetation, and wildlife, thus providing a 
basis upon which to build hypotheses about language movement across territory. 
Some cultural information, e.g., on religion, ethnicity, and economics, will 
also be included. 

The LL-MAP system will encourage collaboration between linguists, historians, 
archaeologists, ethnographers, and geneticists, as they explore the relationship 
between language and cultural adaptation and change. We hope it will elicit new 
insights and hypotheses, and that it will also serve as an educational resource. 
As a GIS, LL-MAP has the potential to be a captivating instructional tool, 
presenting complex data in a way accessible to all educational levels. Finally, 
as a free service available online, LL-MAP should increase public knowledge of 
lesser-known languages and cultures, underlining the importance of language and 
linguistic diversity to cultural understanding and scientific inquiry. 

LL-MAP is a joint project of Eastern Michigan University and Stockholm University, 
in collaboration with several projects and archives in the USA, Europe, and 
Australia. Collaborators include PARADISEC, The Alaska Native Language Center, 
The Tibetan-Himalayan Digital Library, and The WALS Project, as well as noted 
documentary linguists. Technical development will be directed by The Institute 
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